Rain Check

A collection of more than two dozen essays which tell the 120-year history of baseball in the Pacific Northwest.

Contains many essays that tell the 120-year history of baseball in the Pacific Northwest. The stories range from the origins of the professional game in the region in the 1890s through the account of the 2001 season of the Seattle Mariners, and focus on baseball in Seattle, Portland, Spokane, Tacoma, and Vancouver, British Columbia.This is a collection of more than 170 photos and two dozen essays and which tell the 120-year history of baseball in the Pacific Northwest. The stories range chronologically from the origins of the professional game in the region in the 1890s through the account of the 2001 season of the Seattle Mariners and focus on baseball in Seattle, Portland, Spokane, Tacoma, and Vancouver, British Columbia.